Dispatches From The Collapse Of The Rule Of Law - Above the Law

"The Society for the Rule of Law held its annual summit and while many attendees voiced clear-eyed opposition, some continued to grapple with the cognitive dissonance in recognizing that Trump might be the natural and logical consequence of their own long-championed conservative projects. One attendee who has no illusions over the gravity of the threat though was Judge Michael Luttig, who railed against the Supreme Court in the legal equivalent of a rousing halftime locker room speech."

"Catching up with the slice of the conservative legal movement who have stared into the moral abyss of the Trump administration and recoiled in horror. The Society for the Rule of Law held its annual summit and while many attendees voiced clear-eyed opposition, some continued to grapple with the cognitive dissonance in recognizing that Trump might be the natural and logical consequence of their own long-championed conservative projects."

"One attendee who has no illusions over the gravity of the threat though was Judge Michael Luttig, who railed against the Supreme Court in the legal equivalent of a rousing halftime locker room speech. Also, Cadwalader seems increasingly at an existential crossroads and looking for a merger partner. And a lawyer loses her job over ballpark rant - and what's more, her team lost."

At the Society for the Rule of Law annual summit, conservative legal figures confronted the effects of the Trump administration on legal norms. Many attendees voiced clear-eyed opposition to recent developments. Some attendees experienced cognitive dissonance while recognizing that Trump might be the natural and logical consequence of long-championed conservative projects. Judge Michael Luttig expressed grave concern and publicly railed against the Supreme Court in strongly worded remarks. Cadwalader faces an existential crossroads and is reportedly searching for a merger partner. A separate incident ended with a lawyer losing her job after a ballpark rant, and the lawyer's team also lost their game.

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